IBM Document Imaging. AFP documents are
generated by IBM's document management systems in a proprietary format. They are
complex document types fitting in IBM's MO:DCA document family and are used by
insurance, banking, and financial businesses.

Read

24
bits per pixel

Write

No

Format

ANI

Description

Animated Cursor and Icon Files. A true animated
cursor format was defined by Microsoft in 1992 as part of the Resource Interchange
File Format multimedia specification. Several .Ico files can be stored in a single
.Ani file.

Read

1, 4, 8, 24 bits per pixel

Write

No

Format

AVI

Description

Audio Video Interleave. It is a special case
of the Resource Interchange File Format. AVI is defined byMicrosoft. AVI is
the most common format for audio/video data on thePC.

Read

24
bits per pixel

Write

No

Format

BMP,
RLE, DIB

Description

Windows Bitmap; this is
a file format created by Microsoft. Some BMP images are compressed with an RLE-type
compression.

Read

All supported bits per pixel

Write

All supported bits per pixel

Format

CGM

Description

Computer Graphics Metafile is a format used
for the exchange of vector and bitmap data. AutoImager supports versions 1, 2,
and 3 of CGM, as well as the Binary data-encoding format of CGM.

Read

24 bits per pixel

Write

No

Format

CLP

Description

CLP stands for Microsoft Windows Clipboard.
This file format is used to store the contents of the clipboard to disk. The clipboard
is an area of memory shared by the Windows operating system, and it is a simple
mechanism for exchanging data between applications.

Read

1,
4, 8, 24 bits per pixel

Write

4, 8, 24 bits
per pixel

Format

CMP

Description

This is the LEAD
CMP compressed format for grayscale and color images. This format results in smaller
files and better image quality than industry-standard formats. Progressive Lead
is a format useful for transmitting images, because the first part of the file
contains the full dimensions of the image. Therefore, in a paint-while-load routine,
you can display the whole image, and then progressively clarify it as the rest
of the file loads.

Read and Write

Grayscale
- 8 bits per pixelcolor - 24 bits per pixel

Format

CMX

Description

Corel Presentation Exchange

Read

24 bits per pixel

Write

No

Format

CUR

Description

Windows Cursor (CUR). This is a file format
for storing Windows cursors (mouse pointers). AutoImager does not load or save
transparency information in these files. The size when you write these images
should be exactly 32-by-32 pixels.

Read

1,
4, 8, 24 bits per pixel

Write

4, 8, 24 bits
per pixel

Format

CUT

Description

Dr. Halo files are device-independent images.
The image is stored in one file (.CUT) and the palette is stored in a separate
file (PAL). If the image has no corresponding .PAL file, it is considered a grayscale
image.

Read

8 bits per pixel

Write

8 bits per pixel

Format

DCM

Description

DICOM (DCM, DIC) files are commonly used in medical images. AutoImager reads a broad range of DICOM formats, converting them to supported bits-per-pixel, as necessary.

Read

Grayscale files in the 1- to 16-bit range are loaded as they are in the original file.

Palettized color files in the 1- to 16-bit range are converted to 8-bit palettized or 24-bit unpalettized. By default, they are converted to 24-bit only if the palette contains more than 256 colors.

Unpalettized color files (RGB, ARGB, or CMYK) with 1 to 16 bits per plane are converted to 24-bit RGB.

1-
to 16-bit range are converted to 8-bit palletized or 24-bit unpalletized By default,
they are converted to 24-bit only if the palette contains more than 256 colors.

Unpalletized color

(RGB,
ARGB, or CMYK) with 1 to 16 bits per plane are converted to 24-bit RGB.

Write

No

Format

DRW

Description

DRW (Drawing) is a native format used in the
popular Micrografx Designer CAD/CAM/CAE application for the Windows operating
system. AutoImager supports versions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the DRW file format.

Read

24 bits per pixel

Write

No

Format

DWF

Description

DWF is a binary file format used by AutoDesk
AutoCAD for storing DWG files on the World Wide Web. DWF is a 2D, vector-based
description of drawings and illustrations. LEAD supports the following DWF object
types: Polyline, Polygon, Ellipse (Filled and outlined), Text and Image.

DXF (Drawing Interchange Format) was first
introduced by AutoDesk AutoCAD, and is one of the most widely used CAD/CAM/CAE
formats in the world. DXF is very popular and is supported by most 3D applications
on PC platforms.

A DXF file is an ASCII file containing 2D and 3D components
representing a drawing. Those components are known as Entities. The DXF file can
represent almost any CAD drawing using those entities, and can connect a group
of entities together (such as windows, doors, etc) and use them later in the file.
The DXF file has seen many changes through the years, from version 2.6 to the
latest release version 14. However, the latest release of AutoCAD still manages
to open files created with any of the earlier versions.

AutoImager supports
all current variations of the DXF format (versions 2.6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
with the following entities: 3DFACE, 3DSOLID, ARC, CIRCLE, ELLIPSE, INSERT, LINE,
LWPOLYLINE, MTEXT, POINT, POLYLINE, SOLID, TEXT, and TRACE in full 2D or 3D DXF
files. You can load any of the DXF files as either vector images or raster images.

Read

8 bits per pixel

Write

No

Format

EPS

Description

PostScript Raster (Encapsulated PostScript).
These files are used primarily on PostScript printers. These printers usually
offer more variety of fonts and higher resolution than standard laser printers.
EPS files will work on any PostScript compatible printer and any application that
supports placement of EPS files in its work space.

The image that you read
from an EPS file can be either a PostScript raster image, an embedded TIFF image,
or an embedded WMF image. The image that you write to an EPS file is always a
PostScript raster image.

Read

PostScript raster

1, 8 bits per pixel

Embedded
TIFF

1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 bits per pixel

Embedded WMF

24 bits per
pixel

Write

8-bit PostScript raster image, which
is grayscale

Format

EXF,
EXIF

Description

Exif is a standard for
image files created with digital cameras and other input devices. The standard
is set by the Japan Electronic Industry Development Association, and formally
it is called the Digital Still Camera Image File Format Standard.

This is a tag-based file format designed to promote universal
interchanges of digital image data. You can save any image size.

Read

24 bits per pixel

Write

24
bits per pixel

Format

FLI
/ FLC

Description

Flic Animation. The FLI files
are the older format and are limited to a resolution of 320×200. The FLC
file format adds configurable resolution and better compression. A FLIC file stores
a number of frames. Every frame contains an image and possibly a palette, a label,
or other data.

Read

8 bits per pixel

Write

No

Format

FPX, PCD, Kodak formats

Description

PhotoCD (PCD). This is a common high-resolution
format for images on CD-ROM. An image file can contain one or more physical resolutions,
with fixed dimensions. You can choose which resolution to load, and thus control
the size of the resulting bitmap.

FlashPix (FPX). The FlashPix file format
was developed through the combined efforts of Eastman Kodak Company, Microsoft
Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company, and Live Picture Inc. It combines the best
features of existing formats with object orientation to make the use of digital
color images easier.

The format of a FlashPix file is based on compound
object storage, which allows storage of various kinds of data. A FlashPix file
may consist of several "pages" where each "page" has storage
for a source image, non-image data in the form of comments, transform data, and
a stamp or thumbnail. Each image is stored as an entire multi-resolution hierarchy
where each resolution in the hierarchy differs from the next highest resolution
by a factor of 2 in the x dimension and in the y dimension. Non-image data are
treated as comments in FlashPix file format. Comments are used to store information
pertaining to the image, not actual pixel data. This information may include image
title, image subject, camera manufacturer, scan software version number, and so
forth. In addition to the image itself, FlashPix files store transform information.
This data indicates transformations which may be performed on the source image.
By storing the transforms, the source image may be stored in its original state
and transformed, using the stored transforms, at your discretion. A stamp, or
thumbnail, provides a small bitmap representation of a FlashPix image. If a FlashPix
file has been created using a single resolution image, the thumbnail is optional.

Read

8, 24 bits per pixel

Write

No

Format

GBR

Description

Gerber; a vector graphic format
specified by Fujitsu.

Read

24 bits per pixel

Write

No

Format

GIF

Description

GIF. This is the Graphics Interchange
Format created by CompuServe for storing and exchanging color raster images.

Read

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 bits per pixel

Write

4, 8 bits per pixel

Format

ICO

Description

Windows Icon (ICO). This is a multipage file
format for storing one or more Windows icons. The size when you write these images
can be no larger than 255-by-255 pixels. (Neither the width nor height can be
greater than 255.)

Read

4, 8, 24 bits per pixel

Write

4, 8, 24 bits per pixel

Format

IFF

Description

Interchange File Format is a general purpose
data storage format that can associate and store multiple types of data.

Read

RLE, and non-compressed 4, 8, 24 bits per pixel

Write

only RLE compressed 4, 8, 24 bits per pixel

Format

ITG

Description

Intergraph RLE is a monochrome bitmap format.

Read

1 bit per pixel

Write

No

Format

J2K

Description

JPEG 2000; a standard for image compression
produced by the ISOwhich defines a set of lossless and lossy compressionmethods
for coding continuous-tone, bi-level, grey-scale, or colordigital still images.

Read

8, 24 bits per pixel

Write

8,
24 bits per pixel

Format

JBG

Description

JBIG is an industry standard lossless compressed
file format for bi-tonal (black and white), grayscale and color images. AutoImager's
JBIG support is comprehensive and handles the various flavors and bits per pixel
as defined by the specification including progressive, where you can store and
send multiple representations of images at different resolutions without any extra
storage overhead. In order to achieve highest compression ratios available by
the JBIG format, AutoImager also takes full advantage of all the functional blocks
of this robust standard including the Adaptive Arithmetic Encoder, the Adaptive
Template Block, the Typical Prediction Block, the Resolution Reduction Block,
and the Deterministic Prediction Block. Saving images in a JBIG format results
in smaller image files sizes when compared to other industry standard compressed
formats such as CCITT G3 or G4.

Read

1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 24, 32 bits per pixel

Write

All
available bits per pixel

Format

JPG

Description

The
JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) File Interchange Format was developed
for storing photographic and photo-realistic images. This format is one of the
most efficient storage methods, but has some disadvantages. The term JPEG describes
the type of compression used for the data, but does not describe how the compressed
data is sorted and stored. Calling JFIF "JPEG" is like calling a Ford
Falcon "internal combustion." There are many variations in how the data
is is sorted and stored; these variations greatly affect the resulting image display
and file size.

As JPEG compresses the data, JPEG throws some of it away.
This process is called lossy compression. You can set how lossy you want your
JFIFs to be; 100% quality produces almost exactly the same result as the original
picture, but results a large, uncompressed file. 10% quality results in smaller
file, but looks dodgy. You must decide what percentage is best for your image.

Images
with monochrome colors or simple art, such as flow charts, can lose significant
quality if you do not set the appropriate options when you save them as JPEG files.
To set these options, click the Processing Options command on the Options menu.
You can then click General on the Set Options dialog box. You can select the Save
as Lossless JPEG checkbox. Otherwise, setting the JPEG Output Quality to a high
value produces better results.

JFIF, the JPEG File Interchange Format,
can store up to 24 bit color; so JFIF is suitable for professional use. JFIF supports
interlaced display like GIF; this is sometimes called progressive JFIF. This attribute,
along with small file sizes, makes JFIF the standard format for Web graphics.
Like GIF, JFIF is a data-stream format; you can view images before your computer
obtains all the data.

Progressive JPEG is a variation of the JPEG compression
format that is intended for situations involving low-bandwidth. This format is
useful for transmitting images, because the first part of the file contains the
full dimensions of the image. Therefore, you can display the whole image and then
progressively clarify it as the rest of the file loads. You can watch the image
display in progressive increments and can elect to stop the display. This format
sometimes results in a smaller image.

The following list describes the details
for JPG formats that AutoImager supports:

JPEG - AutoImager
supports JPEG formats with YUV 4:2:2 sampling. You can save any image size. Grayscale
is not supported.

Printer Command Language; a language
that allows applications to control Hewlett-Packard® DeskJet®, LaserJet®,
and other HP printers.

Read

24 bits per pixel

Write

No

Format

PCT

Description

Macintosh Pict (PCT) files are produced using
Macintosh QuickDraw, and are used in desktop publishing and imaging applications.

Read

PCT

1,
4, 8, 24 bits per pixel

PCT (Vector)

24 bits per pixel

Write

PCT

4, 8, 24 bits per pixel

PCT
(Vector)

24 bits per pixel

Format

PCX,DCX

Description

This is a file format created
by ZSoft. This format compresses its image data with the RLE type compression.

Read

1, 4, 8, 24 bits per pixel

Write

4,
8, 24 bits per pixel

Format

PDF

Description

Portable Document Format (PDF). PDF was developed
by the Adobe Corporation to allow the exchange and viewing of electronic documents
easily and reliably, independent of the environment in which they were created.
This format lets you compress large documents to a size small enough to download
very quickly. It is also becoming a powerful format for reproducing documents
over the web.

Read

1, 2, 4, 8, 24 bits per
pixel

Write

Yes

Format

PLT

Description

PLT (also HPGL) is the standard language for
printing line drawings created by Hewlett-Packard. HPGL is supported by many CAD
programs, charting programs and word processors. AutoImager supports HPGL and
HPGL/2.

Read

4 bits per pixel

Write

No

Format

PNG

Description

PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is a replacement
for the GIF format. It is a full-featured (non-LZW) compressed format intended
for widespread use without legal restraints. AutoImager fully supports reading
interlaced PNG files.

Read

1, 4, 8, 16, 24,
32 bits per pixel

Write

4, 8, 24 bits per pixel

Format

PSD

Description

Adobe Photoshop (PSD) is the format produced
by the Adobe Photoshop graphics editor.

Read

1,
8, 24 bits per pixel

Write

8, 24 bits per pixel

Format

PTOCA

Description

Presentation Text Object Content Architecture;
OPDS control sequences used to present text information on a page, page segment,
or overlay.

Read

24 bits per pixel

Write

No

Format

RAS

Description

SUN Raster (RAS) is a format native to Sun
UNIX platforms.

Read

1, 4, 8, 24, 32 bits per
pixel

Write

All available bits per pixel

Format

RAW

Description

Windows bitmap; this file represents raw,
uncompressed data.

Read

All available bits
per pixel

Write

All available bits per
pixel

Format

SCT

Description

Scitex Continuous Tone; a common file format
used in the prepress industry. Ct files usually contain either a greyscale image.

Read

24, 32 bits per pixel

Write

24
bits per pixel

Format

SGI

Description

The SGI file formats was developed at Silicon
Graphics, and is used for black and white, gray-scale and color images. AutoImager
supports both uncompressed SGI and RLE compressed SGI.

Read

8,
24, 32 bits per pixel

Write

8, 24 bits per pixel

Format

SHP

Description

ESRI Shape; a file format that stores nontopological
geometry and attribute information for the spatial features in a data set. The
geometry is stored as a shape made up of a set of vector coordinates. Shapefiles
have advantages over other file formats such as faster drawing speed. This file
format is smaller and easier to read and write. Shapefiles can support point,
line, and area features. Attributes are held in a dBASE ® format file. Each
attribute record has a one-to-one relationship with the associated shape record.

This is the name for the Tagged Image File Format.
AutoImager reads and writes several TIFF formats that do not require an LZW license.
TIFF is a tag-based file format designed to promote universal interchanges of
digital image data. Because TIFF files do not have a single way to store image
data, there are many versions of TIFF.

AutoImager supports all the versions
of TIFF formats. The most commonly-used file extensions are TIF for single-image
files, and MPT for multipage files. Multi-page files can contain many images.
AutoImager processes TIFF files using all common color spaces. AutoImager also
reads files with PackBits compression.

TIFF CCITT. These
are compressed TIFF files that are commonly used for FAX transmission and document
imaging.

TIFF CCITT Group 3. These are TIFF CCITT files
in a format that is more advanced and more compressed than TIFF CCITT. AutoImager
supports both 1-dimension and 2-dimension variations of this format.

TIFF
CCITT Group 4. These are TIFF CCITT files in a format that is more advanced and
more compressed than TIFF CCITT Group 3.

CALS Raster. (Type
1, 2, 3 and 4) These are CCITT Group 4 CALS raster files. CALS is a United States
government standard.

IOCA (ICA). This is the Image Object
Content Architecture developed by IBM. AutoImager supports these files in an MO:DCA
wrapper with embedded 1-bit CCITT Group 3 or Group 4 images. AutoImager also supports
IOCA files without an MO:DCA wrapper.

WinFax Group 3. This
is a FAX format created by Delrina for Group 3 support.

WinFax
Group 4. This is a FAX format created by Delrina for Group 4 support.

FAX
Group 3. This is a raw FAX format (without a header) for Group 3 support. AutoImager
supports both 1-dimension and 2-dimension variations of this format.

FAX
Group 4. This is a raw FAX format (without a header) for Group 4 support.

AWD.
(WIN32 only) This is a Microsoft FAX format.

Read

1
bits per pixel

Write

1 bits per pixel

Format

TIFF
LZW

Description

These files use the Tagged
Image File Format with LZW compression. AutoImager can read and write TIFF files
that use RGB, CMYK, or YCbCr color space.

Read

1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64 bits per pixel

Write

RGB
color space

4, 8, 16, 24 bits per pixel

CMYK color space

24 bits
per pixel

YCbCr color space

24 bits per pixel

Format

WBMP

Description

Wireless bitmap; a graphic image format for
sending Web content to handheld wireless devices. The format is defined as part
of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), Wireless Application Environment (WAE)
Specification. If you are creating Web content for handheld phones or personal
digital assistants that have Web access, you use the Wireless Markup Language
(WML) to encode the page and its text. An image can be included in the form of
a WBMP file.

Read

1 bit per pixel

Write

1 bit per pixel

Format

WMF,
EMF

Description

The Windows Metafile formats
are vector formats that may or may not also contain a raster image.

EMF/WMF
Vector files can be read and written as either raster or vector.

Read

8, 24 bits per pixel

Write

8,
24 bits per pixel

Format

WPG

Description

The WordPerfect (WPG) format can contain vectored
or raster images. AutoImager handles only the raster images.

Read

4,
8 bits per pixel

Write

4, 8 bits per pixel

Format

XBM

Description

XBM is a monochrome bitmap format in which
data is stored as a C language data array. It is primarily used for the storage
of cursor and icon bitmaps, for use in the X graphical user interface.

Read

1 bit per pixel

Write

No

Format

XPM

Description

XPM files are used to store X Window PixMap
information to disk. They are capable of storing black-and-white, grayscale, and
color images. XPM stores image data in the form of ASCII text formatted as a standard
C character string array.

Read

8, 24 bits per
pixel

Write

8, 24 bits per pixel

Format

XWD

Description

XWD stands for X Window dump. This file format
is used to store and restore screen window images. Two versions of this file exist,
the X10 window dump and the X11 window dump. These versions differ slightly in
the format of the data (i.e. headers and bits per pixel). The version X10 XWD
file cannot have more than 8bpp image data.